Many people looking at MyBrain as the last resort because of the 3 years government bond - to work in M'sia. Why not give a look at your university scholarship or find a company that willing to sponsor your PhD.

3 years might not be a big deal, but if you get a post-doc offer from oversea, you gonna wave bubyez because of this bond.

Im also have plan to further my study in Phd as a part time, because working in industry. Am i capable to finish my Phd as a part time student, with a full time day job??

Can anybody here with similar experience share your experience as a part time Phd student?

I will be resigning soon.

What I find is that I lose out a lot as a part-time student. There are many seminars held in my university and I have missed some of it.

Some of my colleagues are doing it on a part-time basis and I found out the very reason why they are doing it part-time. The reason is because PhD is not a priority to them. They are just doing it for the sake of hoping for a promotion IF they could actually graduate with it. They are very much happier holding on to their positions and career. Not surprisingly, I found out that they are dragging their PhD research for a couple of years already.

For me, I have a deep interest in the research I'm writing, so I'm willing to sacrifice my job to go full-time.

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Added on June 25, 2012, 1:04 pmThanks for the info. It didn't occur to me that one would most likely has to wave goodbye to any post-doc offers because of the 5-year bond.

This post has been edited by Blofeld: Jun 25 2012, 01:04 PM

same as you. we can apply phdindustry under mybrain.

Hi figure8

Are your working environment is based on research?, and which field are u?

Different field has different set of requirement and commitment towards the PhD studies. You guys should talk to your potential supervisor and see what they say. Some courses-yes you can do it part time basis. Like mine, she wants me to be doing full time in her lab. Also, while in the process of writing my phd proposal, I realized that it is almost impossible for myself to work and to do my phd at the same time. I'm pretty sure i'm gonna go into depression mode if I choose that path. My initial plan was to do both-work and study-till we talked. Oh btw, I'm in the science research field.

What about computer science, is it suitable to do as a part time basis especially Phd?

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Added on July 15, 2012, 10:56 pmIf im not mistaken what i search on MyBrain for Phd full time u will get allowance RM2,300 every month (Elaun Sara Hidup) + Elaun Bantuan Jurnal + Elaun Tesis and + Yuran pengajian (maximum RM24,000)


This post has been edited by ron4: Jul 15 2012, 10:56 PM

I am in computer science and I am planning as full time student.

the decision to full time/part time should depend on whether you can cope with the course or not. i have friends who completed phd part time and full time.

but, those who did part time said they really struggle. phd demands lots of time, energy and brain. which makes it hard to stay on a job and do phd.

while i was doing masters, we used to have sharing sessions with phd students and 100% of them said do phd full time. it is a lonely journey, so dont put too much of burden on your shoulder, scared might drop dead halfway.

i would support full time. actually im starting my phd in ukm. just for 2 sems (cos just developing the framework of reasearch) i will be part time, after that full time.

as your problem is finance, there are many things you can do. apply for scholarships, if your supervisor has got research grant you can apply for it, do part time tutoring for degree and master students (for some subjects of master students, you can get about rm120/session), can also try to be Research Assistant for you supervisor....

no.i work in consult,ancy firm but i involve in construction based project which related to my research proposal.